When you're sitting around with a number of damaged ribs, you begin to think "How can I spread the pain around?"

Here's the answer. The answers to all the following clues contain the letters RIB in consecutive positions, but not necessarily in that order. ("Broken ribs" - geddit? )

-1. One of the founders of the United Artists motion picture company-2. Chemical element - one of the rare-earth group-3. Farm cart, used especially during the French Revolution-4. Martial piece of music designed to be played on bagpipes-5. 1970 hit for Anne Murray-6. Money offered in exchange for an illicit advantage-7. Participant in a church service -8. Residential area on the edge of a city-9. Reduce in scope whilst retaining the essential elements-10. Heartbeat irregularity-11. Small burrowing desert rodent-12. The words of an opera or musical play

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You know what I did before I married Mrs Worrier? Anything I wanted to.

Not yet, Cue Tripped, went sprawling and either cracked or badly bruised a number of ribs. Over here there don't bother with x-rays unless it'a an obvious bad break, just tell you to go away and pop pain-killers for the nest 4-6 weeks

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You know what I did before I married Mrs Worrier? Anything I wanted to.